The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 554 - 394 Temporary Enlightenment

Chapter 554: Chapter 394 Temporary Enlightenment

In the following period of time, Li Yi and others were making their final preparations, ready to confront the impact of the Sky Tipping event. Above the skyscraper hovered stealth fighter jets, on guard, with mutant beasts known as Good Wings circling and flying in the nearby sky, letting out uneasy cries, as if they too sensed something unusual.

Niu Niu was sprawled on the plaza in front of the building, conserving energy while also holding a rock and writing and drawing on the ground, surprisingly working out equations and solving a middle school math problem.

Even at this time, it was still diligently studying.

How many days had passed?

If it continued learning for another half a year or a year, everyone passing by would have to address it as Professor Niu.

Li Yi, currently idle, went to a room in the lobby on the first floor to check on his father, who was still lying in the most advanced medical pod. Although his father’s soul had crossed worlds and left, his physical body had been alive all these years. But looking at this, it seemed there was no chance of his father waking up.

"The future is uncertain, it’s better to preserve my dad’s genetics first. If he returns from another world one day and his body isn’t preserved well, at least we could recreate a body for him with a life cradle."

With that thought in mind, he opened the medical pod and extracted a tube of blood from his father’s body.

Then, Li Yi filled the medical pod with nutrient solution and put his father’s medical pod into a storage artifact.

There’s no air inside a storage artifact; one cannot survive, but if combined with a survival shelter, one could artificially create a refuge, enabling a few people to live inside a storage artifact.

This is the fusion of technology and cultivation, always creating some unexpected things.

If the storage artifact is large enough, one could even build a massive survival base inside it, create an artificial sun, plant vegetation, and establish a large ecosystem. Then, in the event of a disaster, Li Yi could potentially usher everyone inside with a wave of his hand, with no need to worry about the disaster.

"Perhaps I should consider visiting the End of Dharma Cultivation World controlled by Xu Wen Dao," Li Yi couldn’t help thinking.

He had the coordinates and Life Extending Pills in hand; what he lacked was just the opportunity to cross worlds.

However, to do that, he must first return to Golden Academy, and for a designated crossing, he would have to pay a substantial fee. It costs one hundred thousand points to go and another hundred thousand to return—two hundred thousand for a round trip. To know, a damaged curio sells for one hundred thousand, and it would take two such curio sales to afford one designated crossing.

The cost was indeed steep.

"But through recent efforts, with the help of Zhao Lingfu, along with two mutant beasts and the stealth fighter jets, we’ve already hunted over one hundred and eighty Extraordinary Creatures. I’ve completed the school’s punishment task, so returning to Golden Academy isn’t an issue. The problem is how to earn enough money for the crossing."

"Also, now doesn’t seem like the time to think about this; the Sky Tipping event is about to happen, all cities are bracing for it, and things at Golden Academy are probably not peaceful either. Thinking about crossing could only happen after this event ends safely."

Afterward, Li Yi shook his head, discarding the jumbled thoughts from his mind.

After securing his father’s medical pod, he looked out at the sky.

The sky was overcast, the sun and moon were lightless, and compared to the past few days, the situation seemed even worse.

After observing for a while, Li Yi stopped looking and simply sat down with closed eyes. He took this time to ponder the divine combat techniques recorded within the golden lightning bolts witnessed in the Barbaric World. It was like sharpening his spear right before battle, but it was better than doing nothing and idly wasting time.

As he recalled,

The memories within the lightning reemerged in his mind.

A majestic and massive deity stood between heaven and earth, flinging his fists, overturning the world, reversing the sun and moon with boundless divine might. However, what Li Yi aimed to comprehend was not the valorous form of the deity, but the subtlety of his fist movements. Upon revisiting these memories, he noticed that the deity’s ephemeral figure twinkled with specks of light.

These lights were like silver stars, scattered throughout the body, and as the deity swung his fists, some stars shone incredibly bright, as if tracing the path of some kind of power, profoundly mysterious.

"To learn this, must I light up the ’stars’ within my body?" Li Yi memorized the locations of the stars on the deity’s body.

He was a Martial Artist in the Gang Refining Realm, with great control over the human body.

He could instantly determine the bodily positions where the stars needed to be lit, and after counting carefully, he found these silver stars to be as numerous as the stars in the sky—365 in total, some bright and shining, some dim and faint, forming a map of stars when put together.

Excluding the faint, nearly invisible stars, there were still 72 luminescent stars remaining.

However, during the deity’s punch, 36 of these stars were activated.

This meant that to learn this punch, Li Yi needed to first light up these stars within his body before he could master the divine combat techniques.

"The gathering of these silver stars seems akin to the convergence of Bloodline Power," Li Yi tried to manipulate his Qi-Blood, focusing it on the star-marked locations.

First at the area beneath his feet.

Strangely enough,

As Li Yi channeled his Qi-Blood, converging it at that spot under his feet, the silver glow birthed from his divine bloodline began to converge towards that location, and at the same time, a feeling of weakness surged within his body, as if too much of his inner strength was being drawn out, barely sustainable.

But under the sensitivity of Li Yi’s soul, the spot beneath his feet shone brightly, just like the divine figure in the image of lightning and thunder, except it hadn’t yet taken solid form and was merely superficial.

"So that’s how it is..." Li Yi contemplated thoughtfully.

Through the methods of Martial Arts and the divine inheritance found in lightning and thunder, he attained some enlightenment. Although not much, he roughly understood the underlying principles.

The deities used some method to store power in various places within the body, a total of 365 spots big and small.

It’s akin to how the Qi Cultivation Martial Artists of the Four Seas and Eight Continents store Qi-Blood power within the opened acupoints.

Swinging a fist in battle is about harnessing the power stored in different acupoints simultaneously, and this tactic not only unleashes terrifying power but also generates all kinds of inconceivable abilities through the combination of the acupoints.

This is both martial skill and technique, as well as magic.

Merely an image of a deity swinging a fist reveals countless intricate pieces of information, touching upon legacies from multiple realms; if meticulously deconstructed, who knows how many Martial Arts truths one could harvest.

It seems the adage that ’the great way is simple’ is not at all false.

"What if I integrate the deity’s inheritance and open up 365 major acupoints in the body, then cultivate Divine Blood and fill them with its essence? Wouldn’t my combat prowess be terrifyingly strong?" Suddenly, a bold idea surfaced in Li Yi’s mind.

The difficulty of opening the nine acupoints in the Four Seas and Eight Continents lies in their insufficient physical strength and not vibrant enough Qi-Blood, causing Qi-Blood to decline rapidly and missing the peak; that’s why they are eager to break through and open acupoints while still young.

Li Yi understood after having opened acupoints twice.

If your Qi-Blood is vibrant enough and your body strong enough, not to mention opening nine acupoints, even opening a hundred would not be a problem.

The nine acupoints are merely the limit for Martial Artists from the Four Seas and Eight Continents, not the limit for Evolvers like Li Yi who carry deity bloodlines.

Of course, opening beyond the ninth acupoint is challenged by the need to perceive the body’s mysteries, because not just any spot is suitable for opening an acupoint. If you err in the acupoint location, your body will suffer damage, or in worse cases, become paralyzed.

However, an image of a deity swinging a fist has lighted up 365 human constellation points, and the location of these constellations happens to be where the body’s mysteries lie. Nine of these constellation points exactly match the locations of the nine acupoints opened by Li Yi.

This is no coincidence, but an interchangeability of Cultivation paths.

Therefore, theoretically, Li Yi’s idea is feasible.

But to actually open 365 acupoints in the human body comes with tremendous risks: First, you need a massive amount of Qi-Blood support, and second, your physique must be strong enough to sustain the operation of this power; otherwise, the moment the power harbored within the 365 acupoints erupts, you would implode before harming anyone else due to your body being unable to withstand it.

"Skipping steps to the top won’t do. Since that’s the case, why not simplify, start by opening 36 major acupoints? Afterward, open 72 acupoints, then 108... until finally, fully illuminate the constellations within, lighting up the sky full of stars? My combat prowess might match that of deities, challenging both heaven and earth."

At this thought, Li Yi’s heart surged with excitement.

He felt he was a true genius.

Martial Arts and the divine inheritance validated each other. By combining them, he seemed to have found a brand new method in Martial Arts.

This might be the true meaning of dual Cultivation.

It’s not that the more Cultivation methods, the better, but they should complement one another, innovate from tradition, and carve out a unique path for oneself.

"No matter what, let’s try. Now that I’ve opened the nine acupoints, and my Qi-Blood is extremely vibrant, using excess Qi-Blood to try and open the tenth acupoint should be feasible."

Li Yi seriously studied the divine inheritance image, comparing it with the Fan Family’s secret technique for opening nine acupoints.

He discovered another acupoint just below the nine acupoints, in the exact same location as where the deity’s constellation shined. If his guess was right, this spot could open the tenth major acupoint, it’s just that the Martial Artists of the Four Seas and Eight Continents hadn’t discovered it, or perhaps the world’s limits only allowed Martial Artists to explore up to nine acupoints, unable to go any further.

"The Sky Tipping event is imminent, and there’s no way I can forsake my nine acupoints and begin anew. Therefore, drawing on the experience of opening acupoints, I will attempt to open the tenth acupoint. If I fail, it won’t affect much, but if I succeed, it will prove the viability of this path."

At this moment, Li Yi began to attempt boldly.

He channeled his Qi-Blood, gathering it at the location of the tenth acupoint.

However, opening an acupoint is not so simple. Firstly, your previous nine acupoints must be saturated with Qi-Blood, filled to the brim. If Qi-Blood is insufficient, then you lack the strength to break through and open the tenth acupoint. Moreover, Li Yi had no experience; he could only use the methods of opening other acupoints to open this one.

Though the process of opening each acupoint is largely similar, there are many considerations.

For instance, when opening the Heart Acupoint, if one is not careful, the heart could suddenly contract, causing Qi-Blood to flow in reverse, which could lead to spitting blood—minor cases result in severe injury, while major cases can be fatal.

The methods and taboos for opening the nine acupoints are the essence of the Martial Arts world of the Four Seas and Eight Continents, learned through a succession of Martial Artists risking their lives. It’s the essence of that world’s Martial Arts.

Now, Li Yi could only hope that his extraordinary physique could endure the cost, forcing open the tenth acupoint and illuminating the constellations within the body.